as in reversions
the act or an instance of going back to an earlier and lower level especially of intelligence or behavior
social instability that has led to a retrogression of moral values and standards of decent behavior
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Watch for and prune out any reversions, which are individual shoots lacking variegation.
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But there are a wide range of both broken skills and weapons (go try out Sturm), and some promised updates or nerf reversions don’t seem to have happened at all.
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That desire has fueled the growth of the group's WhatsApp chat, where more than 100 fathers swap advice on everything from sleep regressions and picky eaters to potty training and weekend activities.
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The bureaucratic coldness of Bolshevik Communism and the violent regressions of Fascism were yet worse.
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“Retrogressions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/retrogressions. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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